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Space Worksheets and Activities

January 22, 2023 By Deirdre

These sets of Space Week worksheets and activities focus on patterns, building, and coding. During Space Week 3 Dinosaurs and I will each be sharing five days of space-themed activities. Space Week starts on January 23rd and will go through January 28th.

At the end of this post, you will find several other space-themed activities. These are only a few activities available. Every day, more space posts will be shared at the bottom of the new set of space-themed worksheets. After downloading the recent sets, you will want to check them out.

Building Background Before Starting an Activity

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You explore one of these space-themed activities or books before working on one or all of the sets. It will help children build a background on themselves.

This wonderful book teaches about the universe as two girls explore space.

It will be fun to learn about the solar system with this glow-in-the-dark set.

Children will have fun learning about the solar system while building a puzzle.

Monday

This STEM building challenge invites children to build a variety of shapes around the Earth. While the Earth is known to be round, the mats invite children to think about it being various shapes.

This free space number find and trace number set is like going on a treasure hunt. 3 Dinosaurs has come up with a really creative idea.

Tuesday

It will be fun to build the various cup-stacking structures featured on the challenge cards. Each cup is represented by a space rocket.

This addition facts activity invites children to match equations to sums. It is out of this world.

Wednesday

The Traveling Across the Solar System set invites children to connect the planets in order as they travel around the solar system. They connect them with arrows or rockets.

3 Dinosaurs has wonderful planetary pattern cards for your children to explore.

Thursday

The Outer Space STEM Challenge Building Cards invite children to build a variety of space-themed objects. They can build with any materials you have on hand.

What a fun way to explore the phases of the moon!

Friday

Rocket Ship Skip Counting strips are fun to work on number patterns. They would also be a good way to introduce the principles of multiplication.

3 Dinosaurs has a wonderful space ABC planet and moon matching activity you will love.

More Space-Themed Activities

Exploring the World of Shadows with Shadow Puppets - These space themed puppets are a fun way to explore shadows.

Space Themed Shadow Puppets

Moon and Star Muffin Tin Number Activity

Eclipse Craft

Code and Color Polar Animals

January 19, 2023 By Deirdre

Children will have fun as they color polar animals. There are two types of pages available. The first set displays the color that your children will need to color each section. The second set leaves the color the sections will need to be colored up to your children. If you are worried they will need guidance with colors, you could just put out the colors you want them to use.

Getting Ready to Use the Code By Color Polar Animal Pages

Downloading the Coloring Pages

First, you will need to download the set.

Color By Code Polar Animal Coloring Pages Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after downloading it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Building Background

If your children don’t know a lot about polar animals, you may want to read a book or do an activity that features them before you start these pages.

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This book is part of a series that explores animals that live in various habitats around the world.

Children will learn about the animals that live in the arctic as they put together this polar bear-shaped puzzle.

This cool set of Magna-Tiles features characters from the book Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You See?

Exploring the Color By Code Monster Pages

If you are having a non-reader work on the color-by-code polar animal pages, you may want to help them highlight what they need to do. First, you can have them underline the number they are focusing on for each step. Next, children will need to place a line that matches the color mentioned in that step over or under that number.

Some children will be fine with just highlighting the directions. However, there will be some that need to draw a dot near the number in each section that matches the assigned color. They can go back later and color in the whole section.

Narwhals Explore Words in Binary Code

January 16, 2023 By Deirdre

This is the first of five sets of polar animal-themed worksheet sets. This narwhal set invites children to explore words in binary code. It does this by asking children to write alphabet letters in binary code to build words. Then they are asked to color each letter’s row of narwhal bellies to display the code. Each of the pages in the set focus on narwhal-themed words. After exploring this set, I have more sets available. There are sets that examine parts of a shark, patriotic words and Valentine’s Day words.

Getting Ready to Explore Words in Binary Code

First, Getting the Binary Code Set

Before you download the worksheet set, you will need to make sure you have a PDF reader. Acrobat reader is a popular PDF and is the one I use. Next, you will need to decide which of the words you want to explore with your children.

Narwhals Explore Words in Binary Code Download

You may want to print out two different worksheets for each of your children. One you would do with your children. Then one they could do on their own.

Reading About Binary Code

Here are some books and activities that explore binary code. The links below are affiliate links.

This is an amazing book that looks at computer coding and explains binary code in a way they will understand.

Here is another good book written for children that explore coding.

Explaining Binary Code to Your Kids

It is the code used by a computer to understand letters, numbers, symbols, and commands. The code uses groups of 8 numbers to represent each letter, number, symbol, and command you type in on a keyboard. The only numbers that the computer can use to create the code are 0s and 1s.

Binary code can be confusing. Therefore, you may want to visit Teach Kids Binary in One Simple Step to get more information on how to teach it to your kids.

What Words are on the Worksheets

Narwhal– A medium-sized toothed whale. One of the teeth has developed into a spiraling twisted tusk.

Unicorn– A mythical horse-like animal with a horn protruding from its head.

Blessing– A group of narwhals.

Explore Words in Binary Code

First, you will want to explain what binary code is to your children. A simple explanation is shared above.
Then your children will need to look for the code for each letter in the chart at the bottom of the page.
Next, they will need to write each number for the code on one of the little lines after each letter.
After that, your children must fill in circles next to the number representing a one.
Finally, you will want them to check their work. It is really easy to color in the wrong circle or put a zero in one’s place.

More Binary Code Activities

Christmas Holiday Words in Binary Code (This set is available on my TPT shop.)

Pool Noodle Ideas- Building Binary Codes

Polar Animal Worksheets and Activities

January 15, 2023 By Deirdre

Welcome to Polar Animal Week! 3 Dinosaurs and I will be sharing five days of polar animal worksheets and activities. The sets in my part of the series focus on coding, STEM-building challenges, and binary code. Each weekday a new set will appear on each of our blogs. Please take a moment to check out and download each of our sets.

At the end of this post, you will find several other polar animal-themed activities. These are only a few activities available. Every day, more polar animal posts will be shared at the bottom of the new set of polar animal worksheets. After downloading the recent sets, you will want to check them out.

Building Background Before Starting an Activity

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You explore one of these polar animal-themed activities or books before working on one or all of the sets. It will help children build a background on themselves.

Polar animals will be fun to find in this 64-piece puzzle.

This game looks at saving the environment for polar animals.

This easy reader is a great way to learn facts about arctic animals.

Monday

Children will learn about binary numbers and how they represent alphabet letters. They will build the codes for the letters in narwhal, unicorn, and blessing (What a group of narwhals is called!).

Free Polar Bear Ending CVC Words sorting activity is being shared by 3 Dinosaurs this week.

Tuesday

This set features polar animals. Children are invited to build the animals using pattern blocks.

3 Dinosaurs is sharing Free Penguin Shape Sorting Printables.

Wednesday

Children can use whatever building materials they have on hand to build the shapes displayed by polar animals on these challenge cards.

After building shapes, you can count penguins with 3 Dinosaurs penguin-themed tens frames.

Thursday

My students love to code and color pages. This set features the coloring directions of Blockly coding blocks.

3 Dinosaurs is sharing a fun way to work on multiplication. Her free arctic animal multiplication clip cards.

Friday

I Spy penguins with a variety of feelings on these data-gathering activity pages.

Yesterday I shared a skip counting activity and today 3 Dinosaurs has shared one.

Polar Animals Activities

Kindergarten Math Worksheets - This set contains a number line, number and picture cards, and muffin tin numbers. They can be used to work on a number of math skills.

Waddling Penguin Song and Action Song

How to Build an Igloo for a Penguin STEM Activity

Penguin Number Activities

Drawing a Snowflake Based on an Algorithm

January 11, 2023 By Deirdre

Drawing a Snowflake Based on a Algorithm worksheets ask children to add details to a simple lined snowflake. The pages start with having children add a few details displayed on the algorithm directions. Then children are asked to individualize their snowflake by adding their own shapes. Finally, the directions ask children to decorate the background.

While all of the snowflakes start out the same they will end of looking unique. Why? The first steps in the algorithm are specific and closed. After the specific directions end, the directions are open-ended. You may want to ask your children if open ended commands or steps would work on a computer. Many will say that they won’t. There many be a few that will feel that the computer will understand them. It will be fun to see that their reasons are for either answer.

Getting the Drawing a Snowflake with an Algorithm Worksheets

First, you will need to download the set.

How to Draw a Snowflake with an Algorithm Worksheets Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after downloading it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Deciding Which Worksheet to Use

Once you have download the Drawing a Snowflake set, you will have to decide which worksheet to use. First, you have worksheet that features words and pictures. Giving your children this page will show them what they need to do for the first steps. It will ensure that each child has the the basic snowflake design down. The next page just displays the words. Children will have more freedom to interpret what the directions mean without pictures to guide them.

How to Explore the Worksheets

While many of you will decide to work on these as a group, the worksheets could be done in a center. However rather than just placing the worksheets in a center, the sample page would probably need to go with it. The sample page will help children visualize what their final page might look like.

More Algorithm Activities

Decorating a Scarecrow with an Algorithm

Offline Coding Academy -Muffin Tin Algorithm

Snowflake Worksheets and Activities

January 8, 2023 By Deirdre

Snowflake worksheets and activities are great to work on even if you live in a place that doesn’t see snow. A series of five flake-themed activities will be shared one day at a time starting January 9th both here and on 3 Dinosaurs. Please stop by each morning to get a free set to download. The collections feature math, coding, and STEM activities.

At the end of this post, you will find several other snow-themed activities. These are only a few activities available. Every day, more snowflake posts will be shared at the bottom of the new set of snowflake worksheets. After downloading the recent sets, you will want to check them out.

Building Background Before Starting an Activity

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You explore one of these snowman-themed activities or books before working on one or all of the sets. It will help children build a background in building snowmen.

Snowflake Science Activity Book explores activities that focus on ice crystals along with the elements of snowflakes.

This building set features building elements that look like snowflakes. They will be wonderful for building snowy structures all year round.

The There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow book is a great way to explore sequencing with your children. After picking up of the word sequence, they will want to join you as you repeat it.

Getting the Snowflake Worksheets and Activities

First, download each set when an active link has been placed under its picture below.

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open after downloading. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Snowman Activities and Printables by Day

Monday

Children will have fun using various building materials displayed on snowflake building mats to explore shapes. Some of the shapes will be easy to replicate and others will be more challenging.

3 Dinosaurs is a set of addition fact flashcards with a snowflake theme.

Tuesday

The I Spy Snowflake Shapes snowflake worksheets invite children to collect and display data. Children can record their data with numerals or tally marks.

Free Mitten Rhyming Matching Activity is shared on 3 Dinosaurs. It focuses CVC words.

Wednesday

Drawing a Snowflake Based on an Algorithm is a set that displays drawing directions on Blockly Blocks. The worksheets combine coding and drawing on one page. There are pages with words only and words along with pictures.

3 Dinosaurs is sharing a Free Snowflake ABC Tracing Cards. I just love the snowflake character on each card.

Thursday

This set of snowflake worksheets explores feelings and patterns. It has several ways that patterns can be continued. The set also includes a set of feeling flashcards.

What a fun way to work on elapsed time! This set from 3 Dinosaurs will be great to explore this winter.

Friday

The final set of snowflake worksheets asks children to color all the sections of a picture with the same number and the same color. There are pages with assigned colors. Some pages ask children to select their colors. You can decide which pages are the best ones for your children.

3 Dinosaurs is sharing a free winter skip counting by 6 easy reader today.

More Snow-Themed Activities and Printables

Below you will find snowman-themed activities and printables that have already been shared on my blog.

How to Make Fake Snow Recipes Featuring Cornstarch Displayed on Blockly Blocks.

How to Make Snow with Cornstarch

Building Shapes STEM Snowman Activity for Kids

STEM Snowman Activity- Building Shapes

Do You Want to Build A Snowman Activity

Snowman Activities and Printables

December 21, 2022 By Deirdre

Snowman activities and printables are fun to explore whether or not you live in a place that gets snow. A series of five snowman-themed activities will be shared one day at a time starting January 2nd both here and on 3 Dinosaurs. Please stop by each morning to get a free set to download. The collections feature math, coding, and STEM activities.

At the end of this post, you will find several other snowman-themed activities. These are only a few activities available. Every day more of the snowman posts will be shared at the bottom of the new snowman activity. After downloading the recent activity, you will want to check them out.

Building Background Before Starting an Activity

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You explore one of these snowman-themed activities or books before working on one or all of the sets. It will help children build a background in building snowmen.

Getting the Snowman Activities and Printables

First, download each set when an active link has been placed under its picture below.

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open after downloading. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Snowman Activities and Printables by Day

Monday

The I Spy Snowman Numbers Activity pages invite children to gather data. The data will need to be displayed in numerals or tally marks.

3 Dinosaurs is sharing a subitizing number sense from 1 to 20 sets of snowman pages.

Tuesday

The Snowman Cup Stacking Challenge cards invite children to explore tower building with cups. They work well in a center!

3 Dinosaurs is sharing a shape-tracing activity today. It will be fun to trace the shapes and then build around their perimeter.

Wednesday

How to Build a Snowman Algorithm Game Boards show children the steps needed to build a snowman. After figuring out the steps, children will need to connect them with arrows creating an algorithm.

3 Dinosaurs is sharing a Free Snowman Repeat Addition set. It will be a great way to introduce multiplication to your children.

Thursday

Children will use their fingers, tongs, chopsticks, or tweezers to sort objects onto these snowman color sorting cards.

3 Dinosaurs is sharing a snowman addition matching set. What a great way to work on addition facts!

Friday

Drawing a snowman with an algorithm will be so much fun. This set features three levels of coding directions.

Exploring Diphthongs with this set will help your children see and hear the difference in very similar sounds.

More Snowman Activities and Printables

Below you will find snowman-themed activities and printables that have already been shared on my blog.

How to Make a Bobblehead Snowman

Snowman Shapes for Kids Printable Puzzles

Snowman Shape Puzzles

Adding Two Digit Numbers Snowman Number Spin Addition Recording the Number

Adding Two Digit Numbers with Snowman

Color by Code Monster Pictures

October 23, 2022 By Deirdre

While your children can color the monsters in this color by code monster pictures set the assigned colors, I have included an open-ended color set. If you don’t want everyone’s monsters to come out looking the same, you will want to use the open-ended set.

Getting Ready to Use the Color by Code Monster Pictures

Downloading the Puzzles Sets

First, you will need to download the set.

Color by Code Monster Pictures Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after downloading it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Deciding Which Style of Page to Use

Choose the Colors Pages

Children get to select the colors they want to use on the choose the colors pages. On this style of code and color, page children will need to think about the colors they are selecting. While the colors don’t have to go together, it would be nice if they worked together. Once they have selected a color for a particular number, they shouldn’t use it again. When you have color used over again, it can make it hard to see the picture.

Assigned Color Pages

Each of the assigned color pages has been tested to see how the color will work together. The goal on these pages was for the monster to be easy to see.

Building Background

Before your children start on these pages, you may want to read a book about monsters. It will help your children a little bit more about monsters.

Exploring the Color By Code Monster Pages

If you are having a non-reader work on the color-by-code monster pages, you may want to help them highlight what they need to do. First, you can have them underline the number they are focusing on for each step. Next, children will need to place a line that matches the color mentioned in that step over or under that number.

More Monster-Themed Activities

Monster Number Recognition Puzzles

Roll and Cover Big Green Monster Activity

STEM Challenge Task Cards for Halloween

Decorating a Scarecrow Based on an Algorithm

September 29, 2022 By Deirdre

Decorating a scarecrow is so much fun. Whether you care decorating the scarecrow based on colors I selected or your own. There are two worksheets in this set. The first shares with students the color they will need to color in each section of the scarecrow. It does invite children to show where it lives. They can decorate it any way that you want them to. Next, you will find a worksheet that displays empty circles by each element they need to color. Children will need to place the color they plan to use in the circles beside each element. However, you may want to give them a little color wisdom if they tend to color everything one color.

What is an algorithm?

An algorithm is a series of steps needed to complete a task. Computers follow algorithms step by step complete the actions and tasks we ask them to do. We can follow an algorithm too.

Getting the Decorating a Scarecrow Based on an Algorithm Set

First, you will need to download the set.

Decorating a Scarecrow Based on an Algorithm Set Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Third, you must go to your download file and open the page. You may be asked if you want the file to open right after you download it. You won’t have to hunt for it in your download file if you are.

Building Background

Before you start exploring the challenge cards, you may want to read a book that features the life of a scarecrow. It will help your children visualize where a scarecrow lives before they try to draw location themselves.

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Offline Coding Academy Scarecrow Algorithm Game Boards

September 28, 2022 By Deirdre

Scarecrow algorithm game boards can be used to create algorithm paths around scarecrows, The path will start at the word Start and finish at the word End. Children can build their paths with printable crow-themed arrows or with a pencil.

The set includes B/W and color scarecrow algorithm gameboards, answer keys, and a set of crow arrows. After looking at the set you will need to decide what boards will work best for your class.

Hint: If you plan on using the boards over and over again, you may want to laminate them.

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Getting the Scarecrow Algorithm Game Boards Pages

First, you will need to download the set.

Offline Coding Academy- Scarecrow Algorithm Game Boards Download

Second, if you don’t have Acrobat Reader you will need to download it. The algorithm page is an Acrobat Reader PDF file.

Exploring the Game Boards

You will find that some of the game boards offer a number of ways that your children to complete the game boards. Here is how you could introduce your children to the game boards.

First, you can work through a part of a game board with your children. It will help them understand how to place the crow arrows in the boxes. Remember that the arrows they draw or crow arrows should point in the direction they will need to go to move from the box they are in into the next box to connect the numbers in order. They need to begin at the word Start and finish in the box that will lead them to the End box.
Second, children can work with a partner to complete the gameboard. They can take turns placing the arrows in the squares.